Here is a list of the main improvements and additions found in
release 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6, as compared to
version 2.

In comparison to Pizzicato Light
3.5.0, Pizzicato Light 3.6.0 has the following additional features:

A repeat wizard
helps you automatically calculate the passages according
to the repeat bars and to various standard symbols found
in the Graphic symbols tool palette.

It is now possible to select
a part of a measure to copy, paste or apply
various other operations.

A new automatic triplet
encoding mode has been added.

A transposition wizard
helps you to easily transpose a score from one instrument
to another.

You can now directly export a score
into a PDF file.

You can use the ASIO4ALL audio
driver to reduce the latency of the
audio card and get an instant playback.

The final version of the Music
Typing Keyboard is now available and the real
keyboard may be purchased on our site.

In comparison to Pizzicato Light
3.4, Pizzicato Light 3.5
has the following additional features:

The two pages of a score can be
displayed on the same screen, for a better view.

A document manager
makes the handling of scores much easier. No need to use
the Windows and Mac file opening and saving dialogs
anymore. Your documents are automatically saved and
visible on the left part of the screen, always available.
Preview the content of a score by dragging the mouse over
its icon in Pizzicato.

A specific window displays a musical
typesetting keyboard. A real physical keyboard
of the same type will be developed in the future to be
used with Pizzicato. The idea is to be able to enter
music very fast. Presently, this window helps to
understand how this future keyboard will be working to
fasten the process of entering a music score into the
computer. At this step, it is an experimental tool with
high potential.

In comparison to Pizzicato Light
3.3, Pizzicato Light 3.4
has the following additional features:

You can create an audio WAV file
from your score directly with Pizzicato, without the need
to go through the complexities of sound cards and their
sometimes bad quality synthesizers. The final audio file
includes directly the high quality sounds from the
Papelmedia library. A global audio file may be created
but you can also create a separate file for each staff,
for instance if you want to work it in a studio, remix it
or add effects. See the lesson on the creation of an
audio file.

A new note entry mode has been
added, to draw the duration of a note directly on the
staff, modify its pitch, the stem direction,... All this
only with the mouse, with no need of keyboard shortcut
nor selecting tools on a palette. Another tool let you
enter the notes of chords intuitively, based on existing
chord symbols, for one or more staves. To delete a note
or rest, you can now drag it outside the measure, which
is sometimes quite handy to do. See the lesson on the graphic note
entry mode.

In comparison to Pizzicato Light
3.2, Pizzicato Light 3.3
has the following additional features:

Pizzicato has been reorganized for
a better compatibility with Windows Vista and Mac OS
10.5. On Mac, it is now available as a universal binary
(PowerPC and Intel). It still works on Mac OS 10.3 and
10.4 as well as with Windows 98, 2000 and XP.

Tools for the guitar have been
developped. You can write on a guitar tablature. A few
guitar templates have been added in Pizzicato Light. The
translation between a normal staff and a tablature can be
done automatically. It is possible to select and display
guitar chord diagrams above the staff. A new palette is
available with several symbols ready for use for the
guitar notation. A guitar fretboard window helps you to
view, play and write notes in a tablature, similarly to
the use of the piano keyboard window. See the guitar tools.

Pizzicato Light can export the
scores in the MusicXML file format. This format is
recognized by several music software. This helps you to
send Pizzicato scores to friends working with other music
software. See the MusicXML files.

An additional parameters determines
if the metronome may or may not mark the intermediate
beats in ternary (6/8, 9/16,...). See the metronome
configuration.

The synthesizer sound lists from GS
(Roland) and XG (Yamaha) are now available in Pizzicato
Light as an addition to the GM (General MIDI) list. This
increases the number of sounds that can be used,
providing that the sound card or synthesizer can really
produce these sounds. Often, the Microsoft Windows
synthesizer provides the GS sound list. See the MIDI
configuration.

In comparison to Pizzicato Light
3.1, Pizzicato Light 3.2
has the following additional features:

A new view is used to edit the
notes of a measure in a graphical way. It is the graphic
editor. Each note is displayed as a small horizontal bar
that may be moved, deleted or created. See the lesson on
the graphic
editor.

An additional graphic option is
used to display the notes according to the chord symbols.
The notes of the chord are displayed in green, the notes
of the scale are displayed in orange and the other notes
are displayed in red. Very practical to compose a melody
on given chords. See graphic options. This option is also active in the
graphic editor.

In comparison to Pizzicato Light
3.0, Pizzicato Light 3.1
has the following additional features:

The possibility to use one audio
file together with your music score. You may for instance
add one voice or life instrument, recorded with a
microphone. Audio WAVE files (".wav" extension)
may be recorded, copied, pasted and edited with a
powerful audio editor. You may add an audio file in your
music score and determine the exact moment it will be
played in relation to the score. See the lesson on audio tracks and on the audio editor.

You may export an audio file from
your music score into a WAVE file, exactly as you would
hear Pizzicato playing it. Once you have that audio file,
you may use it with your CD burning software to create an
audio CD that can be played on any CD player. See the
lesson on the creation of an audio file.

A better handling of ties between
notes, mainly when combined with repeat signs or when a
score is played starting at a measure containing ties
from a previous measure.

Concerning the lyrics, a function
adds the note names (C, D, E,...) inside the lyrics. The
lyrics may be placed above the notes. See the lesson on lyrics.

An option improves the page
numbering feature. See the lesson on text blocks.

Practical contextual menus have
been added for the score and the sequencer, notably a
paste/transpose item.

An option has been added for the
German notation of chords. See the lesson on the chord library.

The % and °//o symbols (repeat of
one or two identical measures) are now really played by
Pizzicato.

The piano roll view now follows the
real time playing, like the other views.

In comparison to Pizzicato Light
2, Pizzicato Light 3.0
has the following additional features:

Improvement the Tuplets function:
style, placement and stability. Specifically, the
placement of a Tuplet reserves space for the notes, so
that you can avoid the problem that occurs when you try
to place a tuplet on the last beat of a measure. See the lesson about
tuplets.

The symbols of the tool palettes
now have an effect on the score. This was previously
reserved to the Professional version. Hear the nuances,
the tempo variation, crescendos,... executed while the
score is playing. See the lesson on symbols.

A specific view has been designed
to graphically display the various MIDI effects produced
by symbols and by data modifications (through Edit, Data
modification...). The playing of symbols may be
selectively activated and the volume/velocity curves may
be visualized as generated by a succession of nuances,
crescendo,... or simply from the MIDI file import. An
eraser, a pen and a straight line may be used to visually
modify the curve. You may also modify the effect of a
symbol or individual accent. This is available for all
effects, for each staff and several effects views may be
open at the same time. See the lesson on the musical effects view.

Repeats : by placing a negative
number in a repeat box, the software stops playing after
that measure (it lets you stop the score in the middle of
a piece). See the lesson on repeats.

You may specify an octave sign to a
clef so that there is an automatic transposition. See the
lesson
on clefs.

It is now possible to adjust lyrics
globally. It is useful when lyrics has been individually
moved around and if you want to readjust them all at
once. See the lesson on lyrics.

A new tool has been designed to
help you to compose music. The smart link tool lets you
establish links between measures. It is a sort of
intelligent paste and parametered transformation
function. It is similar to a spreadsheet for music. See
the lesson
on the smart link.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Beginner 3.5.0, Pizzicato Beginner 3.6.0 has the following additional features:

A repeat wizard
helps you automatically calculate the passages according
to the repeat bars and to various standard symbols found
in the Graphic symbols tool palette.

It is now possible to select
a part of a measure to copy, paste or apply
various other operations.

A new automatic triplet
encoding mode has been added.

A transposition wizard
helps you to easily transpose a score from one instrument
to another.

You can now directly export a score
into a PDF file.

You can use the ASIO4ALL audio
driver to reduce the latency of the
audio card and get an instant playback.

The final version of the Music
Typing Keyboard is now available and the real
keyboard may be purchased on our site.

An audio to score
conversion function helps you to transcribe a
melody from an audio WAV file or directly from a
microphone.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Beginner 3.4, Pizzicato Beginner 3.5
has the following additional features:

The page layout function
has been deeply improved and is much more efficient,
mainly when you modify the page layout and when you add
measures and staves. You can insert BMP images as well as
personal drawings. Printer and page setups may be
customized per page. You may define several printing
areas to place measures, which means you can create page
layout for booklets and many other custom formats. You
can view many pages at once on the screen.

A document manager
makes the handling of scores much easier. No need to use
the Windows and Mac file opening and saving dialogs
anymore. Your documents are automatically saved and
visible on the left part of the screen, always available.
Preview the content of a score by dragging the mouse over
its icon in Pizzicato.

Several improvements have been made
in the global view, to make it more user
friendly to edit all aspects of a score in the same
window. Markers have been added to locate passages more
easily. You can select the family directly in that
window.

A specific window displays a musical
typesetting keyboard. A real physical keyboard
of the same type will be developed in the future to be
used with Pizzicato. The idea is to be able to enter
music very fast. Presently, this window helps to
understand how this future keyboard will be working to
fasten the process of entering a music score into the
computer. At this step, it is an experimental tool with
high potential.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Beginner 3.3, Pizzicato Beginner 3.4
has the following additional features:

You can create an audio WAV file
from your score directly with Pizzicato, without the need
to go through the complexities of sound cards and their
sometimes bad quality synthesizers. The final audio file
includes directly the high quality sounds from the
Papelmedia library. A global audio file may be created
but you can also create a separate file for each staff,
for instance if you want to work it in a studio, remix it
or add effects. See the lesson on the creation of an
audio file.

A new note entry mode has been
added, to draw the duration of a note directly on the
staff, modify its pitch, the stem direction,... All this
only with the mouse, with no need of keyboard shortcut
nor selecting tools on a palette. Another tool let you
enter the notes of chords intuitively, based on existing
chord symbols, for one or more staves. To delete a note
or rest, you can now drag it outside the measure, which
is sometimes quite handy to do. See the lesson on the graphic note
entry.

The score view now has an
additional display mode: the global view. You can select
which staves to display, the effects to display, the
graphic note editors, the chords and scales,... all in a
very intuitive way so as to have all needed information
in the same window, without the need to open/close
several windows to work some specific part of your
composition. The idea is to assemble in one window all
pertinent items. Moreover, you can memorize preset and
call them back in one click. Imagine working the strings
of an orchestra, then the volumes of instruments, tempo
variations,... Then the percussion section, the brass,
the chords,... You can swith at once from one setup to
the other, which speed up your work by placing all
musical items at your fingertip. See the lesson on the global view.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Beginner 3.2, Pizzicato Beginner 3.3
has the following additional features:

Pizzicato has been reorganized for
a better compatibility with Windows Vista and Mac OS
10.5. On Mac, it is now available as a universal binary
(PowerPC and Intel). It still works on Mac OS 10.3 and
10.4 as well as with Windows 98, 2000 and XP.

Tools for the guitar have been
developped. You can write on a guitar tablature. A few
guitar templates have been added to the numerous
templates available. The translation between a normal
staff and a tablature can be done automatically. It is
possible to select and display guitar chord diagrams
above the staff. Tablatures and chords diagrams can be
customized. A new palette is available with several
symbols ready for use for the guitar notation. A guitar
fretboard window helps you to view, play and write notes
in a tablature, similarly to the use of the piano
keyboard window. See the guitar tools.

Pizzicato Beginner can export the
scores in the MusicXML file format. This format is
recognized by several music software. This helps you to
send Pizzicato scores to friends working with other music
software. See the MusicXML files.

An additional parameters determines
if the metronome may or may not mark the intermediate
beats in ternary (6/8, 9/16,...). See the metronome
configuration.

The synthesizer sound lists from GS
(Roland) and XG (Yamaha) are now available in Pizzicato
Light as an addition to the GM (General MIDI) list. This
increases the number of sounds that can be used,
providing that the sound card or synthesizer can really
produce these sounds. Often, the Microsoft Windows
synthesizer provides the GS sound list. See the MIDI
configuration.

The chords symbols may now be
customized (color, size, layout), which was until now
only possible with Pizzicato Professional. See the chords library.

The page setup with Pizzicato
Beginner can now be done with two sizes: 100 % and 85 %.
This lets you create scores with smaller staves and
measures. See the page layout.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Beginner 3.1, Pizzicato Beginner 3.2
has the following additional features:

A new view is used to edit the
notes of a measure in a graphical way. It is the graphic
editor. Each note is displayed as a small horizontal bar
that may be moved, deleted or created. See the lesson on
the graphic
editor.

An additional graphic option is
used to display the notes according to the chord symbols.
The notes of the chord are displayed in green, the notes
of the scale are displayed in orange and the other notes
are displayed in red. Very practical to compose a melody
on given chords. See graphic options. This option is also active in the
graphic editor.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Beginner 3.0, Pizzicato Beginner 3.1
has the following additional features:

The possibility to use one audio
file together with your music score. You may for instance
add one voice or life instrument, recorded with a
microphone. Audio WAVE files (".wav" extension)
may be recorded, copied, pasted and edited with a
powerful audio editor. You may add an audio file in your
music score and determine the exact moment it will be
played in relation to the score. See the lesson on audio tracks and on the audio editor.

You may export an audio file from
your music score into a WAVE file, exactly as you would
hear Pizzicato playing it. Once you have that audio file,
you may use it with your CD burning software to create an
audio CD that can be played on any CD player. See the
lesson on the creation of an audio file.

A better handling of ties between
notes, mainly when combined with repeat signs or when a
score is played starting at a measure containing ties
from a previous measure.

Concerning the lyrics, it is
possible to add a lyric extension from inside the fast
encoding window ( _ sign). You may also add a minus sign
"-" inside one lyric, without cuting the word
automatically. A function may add the note names (C, D,
E,...) inside the lyrics. The lyrics may be placed above
the notes. The font, size, style and color of the lyrics
may be adjusted for each staff/voice of the main system.
When entering the lyrics in linear view, the measures
scroll automatically. See the lesson on lyrics.

The page setup may now use two
braces or brackets for each staff, which may be needed
for orchestral scores. See the lesson on the
characteristics of staves.

Several additional options are
available. You may specify the default directories as
well as the backup directory. See the lessons on the global optionsand on automatic saving.

An option improves the page
numbering feature. See the lesson on text blocks.

Practical contextual menus have
been added for the score and the sequencer, notably a
paste/transpose item.

An option has been added for the
German notation of chords. See the lesson on the chord library.

The % and °//o symbols (repeat of
one or two identical measures) are now really played by
Pizzicato.

The piano roll view now follows the
real time playing, like the other views.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Beginner 2, Pizzicato Beginner 3.0
has the following additional features:

Improvement the Tuplets function:
style, placement and stability. Specifically, the
placement of a Tuplet reserves space for the notes, so
that you can avoid the problem that occurs when you try
to place a tuplet on the last beat of a measure. See the lesson about
tuplets.

The symbols of the tool palettes
now have an effect on the score. This was previously
reserved to the Professional version. Hear the nuances,
the tempo variation, crescendos,... executed while the
score is playing. See the lesson on symbols.

A new view, previously reserved for
the Professional version is now available in the Beginner
version. With this view, you can encode and modify a
chord progression. See the lesson on chords progression.

A specific view has been designed
to graphically display the various MIDI effects produced
by symbols and by data modifications (through Edit, Data
modification...). The playing of symbols may be
selectively activated and the volume/velocity curves may
be visualized as generated by a succession of nuances,
crescendo,... or simply from the MIDI file import. An
eraser, a pen and a straight line may be used to visually
modify the curve. You may also modify the effect of a
symbol or individual accent. This is available for all
effects, for each staff and several effects views may be
open at the same time. See the lesson on the musical effects view.

Repeats : by placing a negative
number in a repeat box, the software stops playing after
that measure (it lets you stop the score in the middle of
a piece). See the lesson on repeats.

You may specify an octave sign to a
clef so that there is an automatic transposition. See the
lesson
on clefs.

It is now possible to adjust lyrics
globally. It is useful when lyrics has been individually
moved around and if you want to readjust them all at
once. See the lesson on lyrics.

A new tool has been designed to
help you to compose music. The smart link tool lets you
establish links between measures. It is a sort of
intelligent paste and parametered transformation
function. It is similar to a spreadsheet for music. See
the lesson
on the smart link.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Professional 3.5.0, Pizzicato Professional 3.6.0 has the following additional features:

A repeat wizard
helps you automatically calculate the passages according
to the repeat bars and to various standard symbols found
in the Graphic symbols tool palette.

It is now possible to select
a part of a measure to copy, paste or apply
various other operations.

A new automatic triplet
encoding mode has been added.

A transposition wizard
helps you to easily transpose a score from one instrument
to another.

You can now directly export a score
into a PDF file.

You can use the ASIO4ALL audio
driver to reduce the latency of the
audio card and get an instant playback.

A visual and easy to use wizard
helps you to define a custom drum map.

The final version of the Music
Typing Keyboard is now available and the real
keyboard may be purchased on our site.

An audio to score
conversion function helps you to transcribe a
melody from an audio WAV file or directly from a
microphone.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Professional 3.4, Pizzicato Professional 3.5
has the following additional features:

The page layout function
has been deeply improved and is much more efficient,
mainly when you modify the page layout and when you add
measures and staves. You can insert BMP images as well as
personal drawings. Printer and page setups may be
customized per page. You may define several printing
areas to place measures, which means you can create page
layout for booklets and many other custom formats. You
can view many pages at once on the screen.

A document manager
makes the handling of scores much easier. No need to use
the Windows and Mac file opening and saving dialogs
anymore. Your documents are automatically saved and
visible on the left part of the screen, always available.
Preview the content of a score by dragging the mouse over
its icon in Pizzicato. This manager helps you to handle
all the music composition resources (harmonic spaces,
vectors, virtual instruments, libraries,...), whether in
the conductor view as in the score or global view.
Several custom areas may be defined, which helps you to
handle the various composition resources more
efficiently.

Several improvements have been made
in the global view, to make it more user
friendly to edit all aspects of a score in the same
window. Markers have been added to locate passages more
easily. You can select the family directly in that
window.

A specific window displays a musical
typesetting keyboard. A real physical keyboard
of the same type will be developed in the future to be
used with Pizzicato. The idea is to be able to enter
music very fast. Presently, this window helps to
understand how this future keyboard will be working to
fasten the process of entering a music score into the
computer. At this step, it is an experimental tool with
high potential.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Professional 3.3, Pizzicato Professional 3.4
has the following additional features:

A modular software synthesizer is
now included in Pizzicato. With it, you can create
synthesized sounds, read samples and manipulate the sound
material. You can create a sound from scratch or use the
given examples. See the lesson on the modular
synthesizer.

You can now directly import
SoundFont sample files. Many such sounds can be found
free of charge and free of rights by the thousands on the
Internet. You can assign them to the staves of your score
and use them in your composition. The final sound quality
produced by Pizzicato becomes independent of the sound
card and its synthesizer. See the lesson on virtual
instruments.

You can create an audio WAV file
from your score directly with Pizzicato, without the need
to go through the complexities of sound cards and their
sometimes bad quality synthesizers. The final audio file
includes directly the high quality sounds from the
Papelmedia library or from any SoundFond sample that you
can find on the Internet. A global audio file may be
created but you can also create a separate file for each
staff, for instance if you want to work it in a studio,
remix it or add effects. See the lesson on the creation of an
audio file.

A new note entry mode has been
added, to draw the duration of a note directly on the
staff, modify its pitch, the stem direction,... All this
only with the mouse, with no need of keyboard shortcut
nor selecting tools on a palette. Another tool let you
enter the notes of chords intuitively, based on existing
chord symbols, for one or more staves. To delete a note
or rest, you can now drag it outside the measure, which
is sometimes quite handy to do. See the lesson on the graphic note
entry mode.

A new music composition tool let
you graphically draw melodies, move them, transform them,
assigning rhythms to them, directly on the score. With it
you can literaly draw your melody intuitively, based or
not on existing chords and scales. Anybody can now
express himself (herself) through music. The music
notation just follows you hand and you can thereafter
listen to the melody. See the lesson on graphic vectors.

The score view now has an
additional display mode: the global view. You can select
which staves to display, the effects to display, the
graphic note editors, the audio instrument selection, the
chords and scales,... all in a very intuitive way so as
to have all needed information in the same window,
without the need to open/close several windows to work
some specific part of your composition. The idea is to
assemble in one window all pertinent items. Moreover, you
can memorize preset and call them back in one click.
Imagine working the strings of an orchestra, then the
volumes of instruments, tempo variations,... Then the
percussion section, the brass, the audio instruments
selection, the chords,... You can switch at once from one
setup to the other, which speed up your work by placing
all musical items at your fingertip. See the lesson on the global view.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Professional 3.2, Pizzicato Professional 3.3
has the following additional features:

Pizzicato has been reorganized for
a better compatibility with Windows Vista and Mac OS
10.5. On Mac, it is now available as a universal binary
(PowerPC and Intel). It still works on Mac OS 10.3 and
10.4 as well as with Windows 98, 2000 and XP.

Tools for the guitar have been
developped. You can write on a guitar tablature. A few
guitar templates have been added to the numerous
templates available. The translation between a normal
staff and a tablature can be done automatically. It is
possible to select and display guitar chord diagrams
above the staff. Tablatures and chords diagrams can be
customized. A new palette is available with several
symbols ready for use for the guitar notation. A guitar
fretboard window helps you to view, play and write notes
in a tablature, similarly to the use of the piano
keyboard window. See the guitar tools.

Harmonic spaces have been improved
and numerous harmonic spaces are now ready to be
explored. A powerful harmonic progression generator has
been designed. With a few specification that you decide,
you can find all possible chords sequences that will
satisfy them. You can then explore them intuitively. See the harmonic
spaces.

A tool helps you to manage custom
chords and scales so as to determine how the score
arranger will create the arrangements. You can define
your own scales and chords based on intervals and drag
them into the score to hear the influence they have on an
arrangement. See the general scales and chords.

A new composition tool has been
designed: the music vector. It is a melodic generator,
based on several specifications that you decide. You can
for instance draw a free graphic curve and see it become
a melody when it is applied to existing scales and
chords. Thousands of predefined music vectors are
available in the library and can be dragged into the
measures of the score to see the generated melodies. This
applies as well for soloist melodies, multiple arpeggios
and secondary voices for 1 to 5 instruments. They are
very easy to use. Music vectors can also be created by
you and form a powerful tool for music creation and
experimentation. See the lesson on music vectors.

Pizzicato Professional can export
and import scores in the MusicXML file format. This
format is recognized by several music software. This
helps you to exchange scores with friends working with
other music software. You can also find MusicXML score on
the Internet. See the MusicXML files.

An additional parameters determines
if the metronome may or may not mark the intermediate
beats in ternary (6/8, 9/16,...). See the metronome
configuration.

The measure parameters now let you block the automatic
justification for one or more measures to avoid that a
manually layed out measure be changed by Pizzicato. You
can also define for each measure which lines of the staff
are displayed, so that you can make contemporary scores
where lines are for instance not always visible.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Professional 3.1, Pizzicato Professional 3.2
has the following additional features:

A new view is used to edit the
notes of a measure in a graphical way. It is the graphic
editor. Each note is displayed as a small horizontal bar
that may be moved, deleted or created. See the lesson on
the graphic
editor.

An additional graphic option is
used to display the notes according to the chord symbols.
The notes of the chord are displayed in green, the notes
of the scale are displayed in orange and the other notes
are displayed in red. Very practical to compose a melody
on given chords. See graphic options. This option is also active in the
graphic editor.

A new music composition tool has
been designed: the harmonic space. It is a set of
prepared chords in which you can navigate in an intuitive
way to find a chord progression that fits your
composition, with a real time arranger that can also be
combined to music styles. See the lesson on the harmonic spaces.

The concept of drag/drop is
generalized as an intuitive composition tool. Scores with
notes rhythms, instruments, effects and chords may be
dragged and dropped in your score to build it or complete
it, like a construction set game very easy to use. See
the lesson on dragging/dropping scores.

SO as to be able to use the
drag/drop function, numerous composition libraires are
found in Pizzicato: libraries with instruments, with
individual instrument patterns, notes, rhythms, chords,
chord progressions and other kind of musical objects.
Also 35 ready to use styles as well as MIDI style
importation functions that can import file styles of the
Yamaha format ("*.sty" files), that you can
find in quantity on the Internet. See the lessons on music libraries and the use of styles.

The music generators are musical
objects that can create series of scores on the basis of
elementary music elements (notes, rhythms, chords,
instruments) and a set of combinatory rules. They are a
considerable source of music material, starting with the
imagination of the user. See the lesson on the music generators.

The score arranger contains a
series of basic harmonisation and voice conduct rules.
Starting from a chord sequence, Pizzicato helps you to
arrange your score whether for two voices or for a full
orchestral score. See the lesson on the score arranger.

In comparison to Pizzicato
Professional 3.0, Pizzicato Professional 3.1
has the following additional features:

The possibility to use audio files
together with your music scores. You may for instance add
one or more voices or life instrument, recorded with a
microphone. Audio WAVE files (".wav" extension)
may be recorded, copied, pasted and edited with a
powerful audio editor. You may also add audio files in
your music score and determine the exact moment they will
be played in relation to the score. See the lesson on audio tracks and on the audio editor.

You may export an audio file from
your music score into a WAVE file, exactly as you would
hear Pizzicato playing it. Once you have that audio file,
you may use it with your CD burning software to create an
audio CD that can be played on any CD player. See the
lesson on the creation of an audio file.

A better handling of ties between
notes, mainly when combined with repeat signs or when a
score is played starting at a measure containing ties
from a previous measure.

Concerning the lyrics, it is
possible to add a lyric extension from inside the fast
encoding window ( _ sign). You may also add a minus sign
"-" inside one lyric, without cuting the word
automatically. A function may add the note names (C, D,
E,...) inside the lyrics. The lyrics may be placed above
the notes. The font, size, style and color of the lyrics
may be adjusted for each staff/voice of the main system.
When entering the lyrics in linear view, the measures
scroll automatically. See the lesson on lyrics.

The page setup may now use two
braces or brackets for each staff, which may be needed
for orchestral scores. See the lesson on the
characteristics of staves.

Several additional options are
available. You may specify the default directories as
well as the backup directory. See the lessons on the global optionsand on automatic saving.

An option improves the page
numbering feature. See the lesson on text blocks.

Practical contextual menus have
been added for the score, the sequencer and the main
view, notably a paste/transpose item.

An option has been added in the
special paste function, so that merging staves may keep
the voices separated. See the lesson on special paste.

An option has been added for the
German notation of chords. See the lesson on the chord library.

The % and °//o symbols (repeat of
one or two identical measures) are now really played by
Pizzicato.

The piano roll view now follows the
real time playing, like the other views.

When using different measures in
the same system (for instance 3/4 for one instrument and
4/4 for another one), Pizzicato adjusts the tempo ratio
for each instrument so that the durations of the measures
become the same (in the preceding example, the 3/4
instrument will play in a faster tempo than the 4/4
instrument).

In comparison to Pizzicato
Professional 2, Pizzicato Professional 3.0
has the following additional features:

Improvement the Tuplets function:
style, placement and stability. Specifically, the
placement of a Tuplet reserves space for the notes, so
that you can avoid the problem that occurs when you try
to place a tuplet on the last beat of a measure. See the lesson about
tuplets.

Importation of NIFF files. This
builds a bridge to music scanning and recognition
softwares. Two scanning softwares are suggested to work
with Pizzicato and directly import the scanning result.
See the lesson
on NIFF files and scanning.

The optimisation of systems has
been enhanced. You can now specify for each system which
staff is visible or hidden. See the lesson on page
setup.

A specific view has been designed
to graphically display the various MIDI effects produced
by symbols and by data modifications (through Edit, Data
modification...). The playing of symbols may be
selectively activated and the volume/velocity curves may
be visualized as generated by a succession of nuances,
crescendo,... or simply from the MIDI file import. An
eraser, a pen and a straight line may be used to visually
modify the curve. You may also modify the effect of a
symbol or individual accent. This is available for all
effects, for each staff and several effects views may be
open at the same time. See the lesson on the musical effects view.

Repeats : by placing a negative
number in a repeat box, the software stops playing after
that measure (it lets you stop the score in the middle of
a piece). See the lesson on repeats.

A specific tool has been designed
to add grace notes. The note contextual menu lets you add
a simple, double, triple or quadruple grace note. See the
lesson
on grace notes.

You may specify an octave sign to a
clef so that there is an automatic transposition. See the
lesson
on clefs.

It is now possible to adjust lyrics
globally. It is useful when lyrics has been individually
moved around and if you want to readjust them all at
once. See the lesson on lyrics.

An automatic saving of files may be
set as well as a backup manager to automatically keeps up
to 5 versions of the same document. See the lesson on saving
and backups.

A special "paste"
function selects the items to copy (notes, symbols,
clefs,...) and filter the rhythmic voices of a measure.
This function lets you also "merge" or
"explode" music into or from several staves.
See the lesson
on the special paste function.

The MIDI management has been
entirely renewed and may connect up to 16 MIDI inputs/16
MIDI outputs. It is automatically configured at startup
with one MIDI port and may be asked to configure all
ports on demand. See the lesson on MIDI setup.

A new set of tools have been
designed to help you to compose music. The smart link
tool lets you establish links between measures. It is a
sort of intelligent paste and parametered transformation
function. It is similar to a spreadsheet for music. See
the lesson
on the smart link. A new
view has been designed: the conductor view. It is a
musical desktop that lets you manage several scores, play
them and create groups of scores to structure a music
composition. See the lesson on the conductor view. An instrument becomes an object that
can be used and managed on the conductor view. They offer
you an easy way to handle, change and test the
instruments of your composition. See the lessons on
intruments. Virtual
keyboards will transform your simple MIDI keyboard in a
multiple keyboard that will greatly enhance your musical
playing possibilities. See the lesson on virtual keyboards. Music libraries will help you start
designing your own rhythmic patterns, like a structured
building block construction set. You test, try and
listen. No music knowledge required. See the lesson on music
libraries.

A repeat wizard
helps you automatically calculate the passages according
to the repeat bars and to various standard symbols found
in the Graphic symbols tool palette.

It is now possible to select
a part of a measure to copy, paste or apply
various other operations.

A new automatic triplet
encoding mode has been added.

A transposition wizard
helps you to easily transpose a score from one instrument
to another.

You can now directly export a score
into a PDF file.

You can use the ASIO4ALL audio
driver to reduce the latency of the
audio card and get an instant playback.

The final version of the Music
Typing Keyboard is now available and the real
keyboard may be purchased on our site.

An audio to score
conversion function helps you to transcribe a
melody from an audio WAV file or directly from a
microphone.

For Pizzicato Notation, Composition
Pro, Composition Light and Drums, in comparison to Pizzicato
3.5.0, Pizzicato 3.6.0 also has the following additional features:

A visual and easy to use wizard
helps you to define a custom drum map.

Publication of Pizzicato 3.5

With the release of Pizzicato 3.5,
eight new versions are available. They target specific users
and offer a series of features extracted from Pizzicato
Professional, at a very affordable price, for a specific
usage.

If you have Pizzicato Professional,
these versions are not useful to you, as Pizzicato
Professional contains every feature found in each of these
special versions.

We have published these versions
because we know that there are potential users who would like
to use a small part of the Pizzicato functions, for a cheaper
price than the Professional version. These new versions are
for them.

For instance, if you are interested
by music notation in all of its aspects and if you do not
need the composition tools, you can buy Pizzicato Notation,
which has all notation features of Pizzicato Professional,
without the composition tools and contains only the more
basic MIDI functions.

If you already use a music notation
software (Finale, Sibelius, Notion,...) and that you want to
benefit from the advanced and intuitive tools to compose your
own music, you can buy Pizzicato Composition Pro, which
offers all the advanced composition features, MIDI arrangers,
audio, in music notation but with no page layout. You can
then export your composition as a musicXML and use it in your
preferred music notation program.

If your needs are limited to a
specific instrument or usage, 5 cheap versions of Pizzicato
help you write your sheets of music for the Choir, the
Guitar, Drums and Percussion, the Soloist or the Keyboard.

To discover the intuitive tools to
compose your own music, Pizzicato Composition Light will help
you to master music composition (chord selection, styles,
intuitive tools, arranger,...).